Importance of stratification phenomenon

Significance: stratification is a phenomenon of vertical differentiation, and the vertical structure of plants improves the ability of communities to utilize environmental resources such as sunlight; The vertical structure of plants creates various habitats and food conditions for animals.

Most communities have vertical differentiation, that is, different biological species appear at different heights above the ground and different depths below the ground, which makes the whole community have different levels vertically, that is, stratification. The vertical structure of community mainly refers to stratification. Taking terrestrial population as an example, stratification phenomenon includes above-ground stratification and underground stratification.